About as much as biden gave Ukraine. 😢

I would love to see a break down of the money. 600 million seems way too high to repair half of the trail.

Happy New Year to my friend in Virginia. That was a beautiful sunrise at the start. I know you are glad to have your lovely lady back with you. She be styling in those New kicks. That water is really moving right now be real hard to fish it. Thanks for taking us along on this trip. What did you do to fix that truck.

That beautiful sky reminds me of a place I used to live.

Happy New Year! May 2025 give back some of what 2024 took away. Water is surely up. We had issues here in NC after this last rain also. Took out some temporary bridges especially walking bridges. Hard on many folk who depended on the walking bridges. I hope it's the last of heavy rain we see for a while so we can continue on cleaning up everywhere.

Good to see you out in the nice weather! Happy New Year!

$600 million to repair a 34 mile trail sounds crazy

Thanks for the video looks likecits improving little by little looks better I wonder where they will get more gravel to finish 58 maybe they stopped because they ran out

That's more than enough money !!!!!!!!!!!

Another great video. I would love to walk around there. beautiful country.

With so many downed trees I wonder if there will be wildfire concerns this summer?

Love this video so much. Yall are so cute together. Loved watching yall make the grilled cheese. Looks so yummy!

That was my pooch “Sheilia” we own the big cabin in Taylor’s Valley. It was my mom’s place . She passed away two weeks before the flood . But that pooch is Sheilia. Thanks for your videos.

That is around $6000 per foot wow

I'm sure people can use your carpentry skills .

Can't wait till this trail is able to be reopened. Looks like a lot of damage. I appreciate the video!

Wow, purchased for $28K in 1982, $600,000K to repair in 2024. Crazy world we live in!

Check out Google earth, they updated

Did the homes that were on the right of the Creeper trail through this area make it? There is a farm or stables that was a tad further up on the right. They had horses. How did they do?

The $600 million figure checks out in multiple news reports. The bill (American Relief Act, 2025) was passed on 12/21/24 and signed into law the same day by President Biden. The "NO" votes in the House and Senate were exclusively Republican! After January 20, "relief" from the federal government (i.e. returning tax dollars to states in need) will only be in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy! Voters in southwest VA should realize this when they vote! After the upcoming s**t show officially begins we'll see if any money ever finds its way to where it is needed!

The state would make that money back quickly from all the tourists that would come. With all the news about the trail there are a lot of people that didn't know about the trail , they do now. That would be a good investment for the state.

Great video as usual, But I Thank the 600 million is for the whole Area hit by the hurricane,. I could be Wrong. and I hope I am wrong

Really good job on this video series. I live in Zionville, just across the TN/NC line and you done a video here a few weeks ago. Our worst destruction was down old 421. Lol, you turned around at the Baptist church on old 421. It took out every bridge from Henson's Chapel to Georges Gap, seven total in a 4 mile Stretch. Keep up the good work

I would love to help. Someone would have to get me.

Didn't have shit, now they gonna shoot the entire wad.

600 million Federal dollars to fix the Creeper Trail meanwhile the people of North Carolina and Tennessee are living in tents in the winter time. I don’t know who makes the decisions but they need to be fired!!!

600 million Federal dollars to fix the Creeper Trail meanwhile the people of North Carolina and Tennessee are living in tents in the winter time. I don’t know who makes the decisions but they need to be fired!!!

Thanks as always for the video updates! I'm sure a lot of that 600m will go toward engineering those creek banks back to where they were. Best guess on replacements for the trestles would be the pre-built ones like another comment said. That's what they did for our greenway here in Roanoke. I could also see them trying to get the trail elevation higher than the creeks in places to avoid future washouts. KZbin plays a lot of ads - I do hope you're getting a cut of the ad revenue!

Come on man can anyone see what's going on in our country it's corruption 600 million to fix a friggin trail anybody with half a brain knows what's going on here it's probably three times overpriced

Folks, until you see the destruction in person it’s hard to comprehend. Pictures and video doesn’t do it justice. It will take every penny of the millions to build it back. Hopefully, it will not take to long because Damascus needs the business that the Virginia Creeper Trail brings in. On a side note, it was nice to meet you yesterday in the valley.

It's $600 million because the top officials will pocket $300 million and another $50 million will go to taxes and another $150 million will go to the "smart city" plans. So yeah the trail will get 10% of that money. 👍✌️🤙

1 million to fix it and 599 to be laundered into a pocket.

I'll do it for 60 million!

No there want more. How many people travel it in a year

“During a long, hard-fought week in DC, Congress had to navigate lots of moving pieces and complicated issues,” said Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, in a statement Friday, after the bill passed the House of Representatives. Griffith represents the 9th Congressional District, which was hardest hit by Hurricane Helene in Virginia. “I continually advocated for a spending package which included disaster relief. With the passage of the American Relief Act, we were successful in passing both government funding and disaster aid for Southwest Virginia in the end-of-year spending package,” he said. Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats, had also pushed for disaster aid to be included in the continuing resolution. The measure passed the Senate just after midnight Saturday. The disaster supplemental provides full federal funding to rebuild the Virginia Creeper Trail, which is currently estimated to cost approximately $660 million, and full funding of $125 million to conduct necessary repairs at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. "

Thanks for the walk. :) I'm glad to see the improvements. Thanks for the video. I'm still praying for everyone affected by the evil hurricane Helene. 🙏

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Another great video! Thanks for documenting the effects of Helene in the area.

Where’s Little Bear?

Considering the damage I do not know other than your videos and I love to see parks restored, but I also worry first about people who have lost homes and property and businesses. They say they do things by priority and people and homes come first plus infrastructure. Seems like an extreme amount of money but that's just my opinion. Thanks for always keeping us updated with video.

Another great update! I believe a detailed repair/replacement estimate for each trestle and each mile of trail would be very interesting. The trestles that have been replaced in recent years have been prefabricated and the sections bolted together onsite and then set in place. They have to pour new concrete footers on each end to bolt them to. If you think that the creosote is bad walking past you need to go to the tunnel on the New River trail between Galax and Fries. They used those timbers with steel to reinforce the roof and it is rough inside. Same way on the Greenbrier in WV. Happy New Year!

You do a super job with your Videos so please keep them coming for us flatlanders. They probably used Shotcrete on that wall and yes if it needs to go it will go. I see you are still trying out that truck and it really is a nice looking truck if you can make a deal and they make either repairs or some type of concessions. Janice must be out in Washington state or she would be with you. We love ya buddy and look forward to the next adventure with you

When I saw the headline I was shocked! Agree with @somewhat random that there has to be something else that money covers! Of course they appropriated 6.5 Billion for building charging stations for electric cars and have only built 5 so who knows?!

There is no way that $600 million is just to "fix the Creeper Trail". It's got to include other infrastructure in addition to the Creeper trail. CSX estimated it was going to take $200 million to repair all the damage to the Blue Ridge Sub Division caused by the hurricane. That's all those wash outs and bridge destruction along the Nolichuky and North Toe rivers (as well as other damage on the lines in the area). I'm sure everyone has seen the video and pictures of the tracks flipped over, road bed destroyed, etc. etc. etc. Thats $200 million to rebuild a CLASS 1 RAIL LINE. No way in hell is 18 miles of bike path going to cost 3 times that much. Edit: of course.....it is the government doing it so..... maybe I'm wrong and they really ARE that wasteful. If so: wow.

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Great updates on some other areas impacted by Hurricane Helene! Thank you for finding someone in need of the donated money! Dad is really happy to see someone who can benefit! #HurricaneHelene #debrisflows #Christmas #donatetonhelp

Nobody talks about Florida. It's a lot worse. So many Coastal homes and businesses gone. The valley is alot smaller.

Just noticed that you are driving a different vehicle. Is it New or New to you regardless it is a nice looking truck.

Merry Christmas to you sir. Always enjoy your content that you show us.

If it hadn't been for your thumbnail, I would not have know about the federal appropriations for the repair of the Creeper Trail!